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Rising country music star, Sinead Burgess has been awarded the 2009 Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) Scholarship for Breakthrough Country Artist. The scholarship is awarded in conjunction with the CMA (Country Music Association of America) Australian Advisory Group.

Chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner said the scholarship was an important way for the commercial radio industry to support country music.

Robbie Buck is leaving Triple J breakfast to join 702 ABC Sydney where he will take over the evening slot. Robbie has enjoyed 11 years at Triple J across various shifts and is well respected for his music knowledge. The shift to ABC local radio will take place from January 2010 and as well as 702 ABC Sydney he will be heard across regional NSW and in Canberra through 666 ABC.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that SportFM, the holder of a temporary community broadcasting licence in Fremantle, Western Australia, has breached its radio licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements and by exceeding the hourly sponsorship limit of five minutes.

DMG Radio Australia will this week launch a four week outdoor campaign forthe Merrick & Rosso & Kate Ritchie brekkie show, featuring an “Australian-firstinteractive billboard”…not really.The ads, developed by Nova 969’s creative agency Three Drunk Monkeys, willbe featured on JCDecaux and AdShel transit sites from this week. A taxi backversion of the campaign will also launch in October.

CRA release: The 21st annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) are shaping up to be great entertainment with Australian performers, Jessica Mauboy, Guy Sebastian and Kisschasy all performing at the event in Sydney next month. As well, international star, Matt Nathanson will perform at this year’s ACRAs, which will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday, October 10.

2GB has secured exclusive commercial radio rights to broadcast both NRL Premiership and ARL representative matches for a further three seasons.2GB's top-rating Continuous Call Team will broadcast more than 15 hours of Rugby League commentary across Friday, Saturday and Sunday every week during the season. Full article

Fiveaa evening presenter Bob Francis is a funny fellow. Just last week he had the very school mitress like Sylvia ring in to tell him he was a very naughty boy. Bob is not one to take a cainning lightly, infact he fired back at the caller in true Bob style. Have a listen to the audio here

Footy finals fever will be dominating our lives for the next three weeks with the AFL and NRL premierships going down to the wire. The team at Hanson Media Radio have produced the first of their Footy Finals Previews for 2009 with Ian Hanson joined by Darren Madigan and Kurt Hanson to discuss what will be an exciting weekend of matches. Full story HMG here

CRA release: Chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner said today latest figures released by the Commercial Economic Advisory Service of Australia (CEASA) show radio is weathering the tough economic conditions and downturn in ad spend better than other traditional media.

Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney will not be returning to their Mix 106.5 breakfast show, after reaching a "mutual" agreement with the station's management, the Australian Radio Network said. Shocking ratings have dogged them with the most recent survey delivering 3.3 per cent audience share. The pair who were on a non ratings period break will be replaced by the current fill in team of Ange, Jamie and Christo who will remain in the shift until at least the end of the year.

Nova host James Mathison will present a one-hour Nova’s All Ears special on Youth Homelessness live across the Nova Network nationally this Sunday, September 20 at 8pm EST. Mathison will be joined by Captain Paul Moulds from Oasis Youth Support Network who has dedicated his life to working with homeless kids.

The Macquarie Radio Network has closed the livenews.com.au website. The site was operational until Tuesday night. Livenews.com.au was until recently heavily cross promoted on both 2GB and 2CH as an alternative general online news source.

AirCheck, Australia’s most accurate and immediate broadcast monitoring servicehas announced a partnership with The Music Network to provide detailed airplaydata for their weekly publication. The Music Network, owned by Peer Group Media,now provides the most comprehensive list of music charts and song analysis evercompiled in Australia based on actual Radio and TV airplay, all sourced fromAirCheck.

AS breakfast radio stunts go, it was as innocent as Kyle and Jackie O's stunts are sordid. Hobart breakfast host Andy Muirhead rode himself into radio history on Friday, making his show the first ABC program to be broadcast while the host was pedalling on an exercise bike. As a Ride to Work Day National Ambassador, the Local Radio 936 host wanted to promote the benefits of cycling so he put a call out for exercise bikes for the studio. Entire article here The Australian

Enough has already been written, spoken and televised from all corners of the media in relation to Kyle Sandilands and his latest foot in mouth comment. On his 2DayFM radio show yesterday, Sandilands said comedian Magda Szubanski would only be skinny if she was put in a concentration camp. Szubanski, whose father was a Polish freedom fighter who hunted down Nazis, has shed 25kg through a well publicised weight loss campaign with Jenny Craig. This morning Sandilands was suspended from the station for 10 days.It is time for this bloke to be shown the door however is Austereo prepared to cut this sinking ship loose?

Veteran actor Ray Barrett has died on the Gold Coast at the age of 82. Although best known for his roles in countless Australian movies it was radio where it all started for Ray. As a child Barrett was fascinated by radio. Graeme Blundell who appeared with him in the 1976 film of Don's Party pays tribute in The Australian

With Mike Carlton opting out of 2UE breakfast it has been announced drive announcer John Stanley will replace him, joining co host Sandy Aloisi from September 21. Murray Olds and Murray Wilton will take over drive from John Stanely.

Territory FM 98.7 in Alice Springs - run by Wiseguy Pty Ltd - is now running "unhosted country music programming" for a massive 87 per cent of its airtime. Its listeners are being driven mad and are ropeable about the changes.But the move came after the Australian Communications and Media Authority found Wiseguy was breaching the terms of its narrowcasting licence by broadcasting too much mainstream music and programming Full story

CRA release: Advertising revenue at metropolitan commercial radio stations has fallen by around four per cent in the month of August to a total of $50.43 million, compared to the same month last year, according to figures released today by Commercial Radio Australia.

With Eddie McGuire launching a brand new breakfast show on Melbourne's 3MMM this coming Monday you can expect a very different kind of FM program, quite frankly thank Christ for that. Eddie is no fool and he knows how to break a news story and he has the knack to communicate on most levels. With the key signing of 3AW breakfast producer Jay Mueller there is a sense of hope that Triple M can shake off the shackles of the blokey radio station and deliver a quality alternative. With a little luck, this is the beginning of a long, long time..Eons that is!

ABC Radio 720 is more right wing than WA's monopoly weekday newspaper, according to a study released today by the Australian National University.In a political boilover, 720AM received a pro-Coalition score of 0.489 in How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant, compiled by business researcher Joshua Gans and economist Andrew Leigh. The West Australian received a more moderate pro-Coalition score of 0.462. Full story WA Today

Rising country music star, Sinead Burgess has been awarded the 2009 Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) Scholarship for Breakthrough Country Artist. The scholarship is awarded in conjunction with the CMA (Country Music Association of America) Australian Advisory Group.

Chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner said the scholarship was an important way for the commercial radio industry to support country music.

Robbie Buck is leaving Triple J breakfast to join 702 ABC Sydney where he will take over the evening slot. Robbie has enjoyed 11 years at Triple J across various shifts and is well respected for his music knowledge. The shift to ABC local radio will take place from January 2010 and as well as 702 ABC Sydney he will be heard across regional NSW and in Canberra through 666 ABC.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found that SportFM, the holder of a temporary community broadcasting licence in Fremantle, Western Australia, has breached its radio licence conditions by broadcasting advertisements and by exceeding the hourly sponsorship limit of five minutes.

DMG Radio Australia will this week launch a four week outdoor campaign forthe Merrick & Rosso & Kate Ritchie brekkie show, featuring an “Australian-firstinteractive billboard”…not really.The ads, developed by Nova 969’s creative agency Three Drunk Monkeys, willbe featured on JCDecaux and AdShel transit sites from this week. A taxi backversion of the campaign will also launch in October.

CRA release: The 21st annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) are shaping up to be great entertainment with Australian performers, Jessica Mauboy, Guy Sebastian and Kisschasy all performing at the event in Sydney next month. As well, international star, Matt Nathanson will perform at this year’s ACRAs, which will be held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday, October 10.

2GB has secured exclusive commercial radio rights to broadcast both NRL Premiership and ARL representative matches for a further three seasons.2GB's top-rating Continuous Call Team will broadcast more than 15 hours of Rugby League commentary across Friday, Saturday and Sunday every week during the season. Full article

Fiveaa evening presenter Bob Francis is a funny fellow. Just last week he had the very school mitress like Sylvia ring in to tell him he was a very naughty boy. Bob is not one to take a cainning lightly, infact he fired back at the caller in true Bob style. Have a listen to the audio here

Footy finals fever will be dominating our lives for the next three weeks with the AFL and NRL premierships going down to the wire. The team at Hanson Media Radio have produced the first of their Footy Finals Previews for 2009 with Ian Hanson joined by Darren Madigan and Kurt Hanson to discuss what will be an exciting weekend of matches. Full story HMG here

CRA release: Chief executive officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner said today latest figures released by the Commercial Economic Advisory Service of Australia (CEASA) show radio is weathering the tough economic conditions and downturn in ad spend better than other traditional media.

Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney will not be returning to their Mix 106.5 breakfast show, after reaching a "mutual" agreement with the station's management, the Australian Radio Network said. Shocking ratings have dogged them with the most recent survey delivering 3.3 per cent audience share. The pair who were on a non ratings period break will be replaced by the current fill in team of Ange, Jamie and Christo who will remain in the shift until at least the end of the year.

Nova host James Mathison will present a one-hour Nova’s All Ears special on Youth Homelessness live across the Nova Network nationally this Sunday, September 20 at 8pm EST. Mathison will be joined by Captain Paul Moulds from Oasis Youth Support Network who has dedicated his life to working with homeless kids.

The Macquarie Radio Network has closed the livenews.com.au website. The site was operational until Tuesday night. Livenews.com.au was until recently heavily cross promoted on both 2GB and 2CH as an alternative general online news source.

AirCheck, Australia’s most accurate and immediate broadcast monitoring servicehas announced a partnership with The Music Network to provide detailed airplaydata for their weekly publication. The Music Network, owned by Peer Group Media,now provides the most comprehensive list of music charts and song analysis evercompiled in Australia based on actual Radio and TV airplay, all sourced fromAirCheck.

AS breakfast radio stunts go, it was as innocent as Kyle and Jackie O's stunts are sordid. Hobart breakfast host Andy Muirhead rode himself into radio history on Friday, making his show the first ABC program to be broadcast while the host was pedalling on an exercise bike. As a Ride to Work Day National Ambassador, the Local Radio 936 host wanted to promote the benefits of cycling so he put a call out for exercise bikes for the studio. Entire article here The Australian

Enough has already been written, spoken and televised from all corners of the media in relation to Kyle Sandilands and his latest foot in mouth comment. On his 2DayFM radio show yesterday, Sandilands said comedian Magda Szubanski would only be skinny if she was put in a concentration camp. Szubanski, whose father was a Polish freedom fighter who hunted down Nazis, has shed 25kg through a well publicised weight loss campaign with Jenny Craig. This morning Sandilands was suspended from the station for 10 days.It is time for this bloke to be shown the door however is Austereo prepared to cut this sinking ship loose?

Veteran actor Ray Barrett has died on the Gold Coast at the age of 82. Although best known for his roles in countless Australian movies it was radio where it all started for Ray. As a child Barrett was fascinated by radio. Graeme Blundell who appeared with him in the 1976 film of Don's Party pays tribute in The Australian

With Mike Carlton opting out of 2UE breakfast it has been announced drive announcer John Stanley will replace him, joining co host Sandy Aloisi from September 21. Murray Olds and Murray Wilton will take over drive from John Stanely.

Territory FM 98.7 in Alice Springs - run by Wiseguy Pty Ltd - is now running "unhosted country music programming" for a massive 87 per cent of its airtime. Its listeners are being driven mad and are ropeable about the changes.But the move came after the Australian Communications and Media Authority found Wiseguy was breaching the terms of its narrowcasting licence by broadcasting too much mainstream music and programming Full story

CRA release: Advertising revenue at metropolitan commercial radio stations has fallen by around four per cent in the month of August to a total of $50.43 million, compared to the same month last year, according to figures released today by Commercial Radio Australia.

With Eddie McGuire launching a brand new breakfast show on Melbourne's 3MMM this coming Monday you can expect a very different kind of FM program, quite frankly thank Christ for that. Eddie is no fool and he knows how to break a news story and he has the knack to communicate on most levels. With the key signing of 3AW breakfast producer Jay Mueller there is a sense of hope that Triple M can shake off the shackles of the blokey radio station and deliver a quality alternative. With a little luck, this is the beginning of a long, long time..Eons that is!

ABC Radio 720 is more right wing than WA's monopoly weekday newspaper, according to a study released today by the Australian National University.In a political boilover, 720AM received a pro-Coalition score of 0.489 in How Partisan is the Press? Multiple Measures of Media Slant, compiled by business researcher Joshua Gans and economist Andrew Leigh. The West Australian received a more moderate pro-Coalition score of 0.462. Full story WA Today